Senior Solutions Engineer (Back-End) Partners Data Systems
Irvine, CA

Job Description

Req ID: 25882

Experience Level: Professional

Other Location(s): Los Angeles (CA)

Relocation offered: Yes

Travel required: None

Come grow with us

At Capital Group, how we work is defined by shared values that include absolute integrity, respect and collaboration. But it's more than that. It's smart and highly driven people united in purpose to serve our investors and one another.

Bring your energy and unique perspective to Capital and you'll have the opportunity to grow with us professionally, personally, and financially. You'll be part of a team that genuinely cares about helping you succeed. You'll work alongside talented colleagues, many of whom build long careers while progressing through multiple roles, establishing lifelong friendships and making a difference in our communities. In return for your contributions, you'll receive premier compensation and benefits, and a company-funded retirement plan that ranks among the most generous.

We have entered a decade of disruption of large corporate business models, driven by a step change in the power of technology and the audacity and speed of start-ups. To be fit for the future, visionary companies will deliberately re-imagine themselves by injecting or attacking established models with new ideas fueled by technology.

Featuring world-class business leaders, product designers, engineers and technology professionals with a passion for innovative and emerging digital solutions, our Engineering Team assists influential global leaders to imagine, develop and launch digital businesses and solutions with transformative power. From mobile applications and ecommerce to original and developing digital products and services, they address challenges at their core and develop products, services and experiences that disrupt markets, generate value and positively impact millions of lives.

Responsibilities

* Build, maintain and refine high performance, scalable systems, serving an essential function in all groundwork, infrastructure and product discussions from conception to completion
* Develop elegant solutions to complex problems
* Contribute to a future-ready, high quality and performant code base
* Share technical solutions and product ideas through design review, pair programming, code review and technology discussions
* Demonstrate and communicate a passion for designing product user interfaces that help drive rapid business growth
* Apply expertise in developing object-oriented software in Java and building Java-based applications and REST API services
* Develop service-based architecture and design persistence and caching models using SQL and NoSQL

Requirements

* Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
* Minimum 5 years of experience building core Java applications and REST API services
* Experience leading software engineering teams on Java projects
* Experience with the Spring framework (we're on Spring Boot) and related technologies like Hibernate
* Proven competencies in designing persistence and caching models using MySQL
* Experience with modern DevOps environments, we use AWS & Docker
* Effective time management abilities in order to move quickly and release small batches frequently
* A deep understanding of software engineering best practices such as unit testing, code reviews and design documentation
* Workflow flexibility and strong teamwork skills
* The ability to build scalable, high quality, distributed services

Additional Preferred Competencies

* nowledge of virtualization technologies (e.g.: Docker, Vagrant, etc…)
* Entrepreneurial / Startup Experience
* Python
* Data Engineering
* Exposure to Machine Learning libraries like Sci-kit Learn, Pandas, NumPy, XG-Boost

Company Overview:

Founded in 1931, Capital Group is one of the world's largest and most trusted investment management companies and home to the American Funds. We manage more than US$1.7 trillion in assets, and our 7,500 associates make our clients their first priority every day. When we do our job right, millions of investors around the world fulfill their dreams and financial goals, from home ownership and higher education, to a comfortable retirement. Our long-term investment results and outstanding service set us apart from our competitors, while our workplace sets us apart from other employers.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Nearest Major Market: Irvine California

Nearest Secondary Market: Los Angeles

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